Installing Printer Drivers On Linux Computers (Cups); Operation On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Desktop - Dell S3840cdn User Manual

Installing Printer Drivers on Linux Computers
(CUPS)
This section provides information for installing or setting up the printer driver with CUPS
(Common UNIX Printing System) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Desktop (32/64bit), SUSE
Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (32/64bit), or Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (32/64bit).

Operation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Desktop

Setup Overview
1 Install the printer driver.
2 Set up the print queue.
3 Specify the default queue.
4 Specify the printing options.
Installing the Printer Driver
1 Select Applications System Tools Terminal.
2 Type the following command in the terminal window.
su
(Type the administrator password)
rpm -ivh (Type the file
path)/Dell-Color-Printer-S3840cdn-*.*-*.noarch.r
pm
The printer driver is installed.
Setting Up the Queue
To execute printing, you must set up the print queue on your workstation.
1 Open the URL "http://localhost:631" using a web browser.
2 Click Administration.
3 Click Add Printer.
4 Type root as the user name, type the administrator password, and click OK.
For network connections:
a Select LPD/LPR Host or Printer from the Other Network Printers menu, and click
Continue.
b Type the IP address of the printer in Connection, and click Continue.
Format: lpd://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (the IP address of the printer)
For USB connections:
a Select Dell Color Printer S3840cdn from the Local Printers menu, and click
Continue.

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